Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 276-7023821-AC
- Employer
- Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Victoria Hospital
- Town
- East Grinstead
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Principal Digital Pharmacist
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.
In addition to receiving tertiary referrals from across the South East of England, we have a network of ‘spoke’ sites at district general hospitals enabling our consultants to offer their expertise with routine treatments and consultations as close to patients’ homes as is possible. With the recent addition of video led ‘virtual’ consultations we also enable patients who have some distance to travel to avoid the additional stress and worry of a long journey.
Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re-build our patients’ lives.
We also offer attractive benefits such as
- tailored personal development to support career aspirations, including accredited clinical and management development programmes
- flexible working arrangements for a work-life balance that suits you and your needs
- a dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback and tax relief schemes
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Sustainability
At Queen Victoria Hospital we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that wants every member of staff to be a green champion. The way in which the Trust works has a significant impact on the organisation’s carbon footprint and that of our patients. From the heat, light and power supplies within the hospital to avoiding unnecessary patient journeys, the Trust is empowering all staff to create a sustainable health and care environment for future generations. The Trust expects all staff to reuse and recycle more, to use energy and water efficiently, to walk or cycle to work if you can, and to have a focus on sustainability in the workplace.
You can view our Green Plan here: Green Plan - Queen Victoria Hospital (qvh.nhs.uk)
Job overview
This role is to act as Lead Principal Digital (ePMA) Pharmacist implementing, developing, and supporting all elements of the Trusts Electronic Patient Records (EPR) relating to prescribing and medicines usage and to work closely with the Pharmacy Department, IT department, EPR team as well as other Trusts using the same EPR system.
Main duties of the job
Be an expert in their field and will be expected to make decisions about situations which may involve a number of complicated or highly complex components
Overall responsibility for all pharmacy related digital systems build, implementation and ongoing development, governance and maintenance. This includes the Trust ePMA system across QVH, in line with legislation, national priories and Trust objectives
Develop a strategy to inform the ongoing maintenance and post-implementation development of the ePMA system
Establish systems to identify key therapeutic changes relating to the use and/or safety of medicines e.g., medicines database, safety alerts, formulary changes, protocol and guideline changes etc; and ensure that these are built into the ePMA system and prescribing practice in a timely way
Main point of contact to provide highly specialist pharmaceutical knowledge and expertise around all future phases of build, roll-out, ongoing maintenance and future development of the Trust ePMA system.
Working for our organisation
Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.
We specialise in conditions of the eyes (corneoplastics), hands, head and neck cancer and skin cancer, reconstructive breast surgery, maxillofacial surgery and prosthetics, providing regional and national services in these areas of clinical expertise. Our world-leading clinical teams also treat more common conditions of the eyes, hands, skin, and teeth for the people of East Grinstead and the surrounding areas. In addition, QVH provides a minor injuries unit, expert therapies, a sleep service, and a growing portfolio of community-based services. Patients consistently rate QVH amongst the top hospitals in the country for quality of care.
Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Act as a team leader for the EPMA pharmacy team
- EPMA system configuration, system development and testing
- Training and supporting all staff involved with the EPMA process (pharmacy, prescribers, nurses and AHPs) encouraging adoption of digital working.
- Contribute toward strategic planning for Trust Digital strategy and ensure medicines optimisation focus within the digital programme.
- Provide clinical governance leadership for the EPMA system, primary point of contact for risk management of the EPMA system, managing incidents, issues and clinical concerns.
- Act as an ambassador and clinical representative for the EPR and a champion for EPMA, engaging staff and promoting the benefits
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- registered pharmacist (GPhC)
- Independent prescribing
- post qualification diploma or able to demonstrate knowledge through experience
Desirable criteria
- management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- extensive delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients
- managed a clinical pharmacy service
- multidisciplinary working
- staff management
- Service improvement / change involvement
Desirable criteria
- GCP training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Broad clinical knowledge of drugs and application
- Advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge in area
- Knowledge of law and relevant medicines guidance
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate or working towards RPS domains for advanced practice
Skills
Essential criteria
- Interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills across all aspects
- Ability to motivate
- Ability to work across boundaries
- Ability to gather and analyse information and compile reports
- Apply risk management
- Take into account patient preference and protected characteristics
Attributes
Essential criteria
- Innovative
- Identify and promote best practice
- Ability to communicate highly complex information to range of people
- Professional accountability
- Lead, develop and promote clinical services
- Team worker
- • Flexible / able to cope with unpredictable work patterns and work under pressure
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Judy Busby / Sam Coffey
- Job title
- Chief Pharmacist / ePMA Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Holtye Road
East Grinstead
RH19 3DZ
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